Barranquilla vs Luanda - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Barranquilla	Luanda
🚶 Cost of living one person	$789	$1024
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1892	$3248
🏠 One person rent	$354	$474
🏘️ Family rent	$596	$1436
🍽️ Food expenses	$258	$334
🚐 Transport expenses	$99	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$406	$1662
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	48	19
😀 Quality of life	50	54
🏙️ Population	1.33M	2.49M

The cost of living in Barranquilla is 23% less expensive than in Luanda. Cities ranked 6480th and 5518th ($789 vs $1024) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 9th and 1st in Colombia and Angola, respectively. Check Colombia vs Angola comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Barranquilla compared to 1.6 months in Luanda. Barranquilla ranked 4th best city to live in Colombia vs Luanda ranked 1st in Angola, while ranked 6211th and 5940th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barranquilla vs Luanda

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	Barranquilla	Luanda
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.32	$5.91
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.4	$57.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.61	$7.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.26	$1.56
☕ Cappuccino	$1.85	$3.71
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.87	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$498
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$251	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$516	$2497
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$439	$892
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78	$59.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$90
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.4	$133
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.1%	24.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$758	$14404
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1051	$3193
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.69	$0.84
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.7	$35
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.6	$10.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.83	$0.37
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$1.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.2	$1.36
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.37
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.09	$2.34
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.2	$5.77
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.08	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$2.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.09
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$3.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$2.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.94
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.46	$2.4
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.92	$7.68
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$0.58
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.19	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.97	$5.84
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.5	$2.82
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.3	$0.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.06	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$20.1	$42.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.54	$4.48
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.8	$31.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.79	$3.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.2	$101
👟 Brand Sneakers	$79.6	$158
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$129	$612
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3168	$12561

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Cities near Barranquilla

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.1 km or 3.8 mi	Soledad	$840
60 km or 37 mi	Cienaga	$831
72 km or 44 mi	Santa Marta	$979
77 km or 48 mi	Minca	$863
100 km or 62 mi	Cartagena	$748
177 km or 110 mi	Valledupar	$558
191 km or 119 mi	Magangue	$582
196 km or 122 mi	Sincelejo	$506
216 km or 134 mi	Riohacha	$582
222 km or 138 mi	Santa Cruz de Lorica	$638
263 km or 164 mi	Machiques	$651
273 km or 169 mi	Monteria	$620
282 km or 176 mi	Maicao	$451
341 km or 212 mi	Ocana	$590
347 km or 216 mi	Maracaibo	$706
373 km or 232 mi	Cabimas	$696
381 km or 236 mi	Santa Barbara del Zulia	$654
383 km or 238 mi	Turbo	$634
384 km or 238 mi	San Carlos del Zulia	$656
391 km or 243 mi	Ciudad Ojeda	$666
423 km or 263 mi	Cucuta	$552
435 km or 270 mi	San Antonio del Tachira	$601
441 km or 274 mi	La Grita	$617
446 km or 277 mi	Barrancabermeja	$573
450 km or 280 mi	Tariba	$598
451 km or 280 mi	Rubio	$598
453 km or 282 mi	San Cristobal	$592
466 km or 289 mi	Bucaramanga	$642
471 km or 293 mi	Floridablanca	$584
481 km or 299 mi	Merida	$674
507 km or 315 mi	Valera	$705
510 km or 317 mi	Trujillo	$685
510 km or 317 mi	Punto Fijo	$628
522 km or 324 mi	Bello	$789
523 km or 325 mi	Carora	$688
531 km or 330 mi	Socopo	$670
532 km or 330 mi	Medellin	$873
534 km or 332 mi	Pacora	$1249
540 km or 335 mi	Envigado	$871
544 km or 338 mi	Tocumen	$1231

Cities near Luanda

Distance	City	Cost of living
111 km or 69 mi	Ambriz	$869
184 km or 114 mi	N'zeto	$793
333 km or 207 mi	Boma	$803
337 km or 209 mi	Matadi	$821
383 km or 238 mi	Cabinda	$686
393 km or 244 mi	Lobito	$705
413 km or 257 mi	Benguela	$736
438 km or 272 mi	Mbanza-Ngungu	$801
475 km or 295 mi	Pointe-Noire	$578
515 km or 320 mi	Huambo	$652
519 km or 323 mi	Kayes	$531
522 km or 324 mi	Madingou	$531
527 km or 327 mi	Kinkala	$529
551 km or 343 mi	Kinshasa	$1041
556 km or 346 mi	Brazzaville	$589
747 km or 464 mi	Kikwit	$852
769 km or 478 mi	Gamboma	$531
801 km or 497 mi	Luena	$723
876 km or 544 mi	Tshikapa	$902
994 km or 618 mi	Oshikango	$761
1029 km or 639 mi	Port-Gentil	$659
1067 km or 663 mi	Kananga	$932
1108 km or 689 mi	Libreville	$702
1137 km or 707 mi	Mbandaka	$810
1143 km or 710 mi	Mwene-Ditu	$826
1182 km or 734 mi	Mbuji-Mayi	$957
1205 km or 749 mi	Gandajika	$815
1248 km or 776 mi	Sao Tome	$878
1250 km or 776 mi	Bata	$1201
1250 km or 777 mi	Trindade	$879
1254 km or 779 mi	Tsumeb	$766
1344 km or 835 mi	Otjiwarongo	$797
1356 km or 843 mi	Kolwezi	$947
1425 km or 885 mi	Yaounde	$764
1429 km or 888 mi	Omaruru	$833
1484 km or 922 mi	Berberati	$488
1485 km or 923 mi	Malabo	$812
1486 km or 923 mi	Douala	$1368
1497 km or 930 mi	Limbe	$710
1498 km or 931 mi	Likasi	$939